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ERS Bioenergy Information and Research, August 2007

by Economic Research Service

Administrative Publication No. (AP-023-2) 4 pp, August 2007

ERS has a broad range of research on how agricultural markets and natural resources might be affected by the increased demand for bioenergy. ERS research on bioenergy encompasses all aspects of the ERS research mission, including economic and policy issues involving food, farming, natural resources, and rural development. Ongoing bioenergy research focuses on domestic and global agricultural markets; economywide, regional, and household effects; natural resource, environmental, and rural community impacts; and implications for food prices.the range of crops that can be grown for energy production in the future.